Shoe holder



Oct. 16, 1934. J. HILLS 1,977,512

SHOE HOLDER I Filed April 30. 1931 N j. g

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Patented Get. 16, 1934 PATENT or ies 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a shoe holder and has for an object to provide a sanitary, collapsible, light and easily handled shoe holder.

A further object of this invention is to provide a shoe holder which may be hung on a wall or cross bar and which will support the shoe whether it is hanging on a wall or being carried in the hand.

A further object of this invention is to provide 0 a shoe holder made entirely of pieces of wire and having a detachable slipper holder connected therewith which is simple in workmanship and hence economical to construct and saleable at a low price.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, hereinafter set forth, claimed and disclosed on the accompanying drawing. In this drawing,

Figure 1 is a front plan view of the shoe holder with one shoe and one slipper in position thereon, and

Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1.

There is shown at the shoe holder comprising this invention, having a slipper holder at 11 attached to the bottom thereof, a shoe 12 and a heel 13 being shown in position. This shoe holder 10 is made entirely of wire, preferably No. 10 wire, and comprises a supporting member 14, having a hook 15 whereby it may be supported on a nail or other suspension member 16 on the wall or elsewhere.

As will be observed, this supporting member 14 is very similar in shape to a conventional wire coat hanger. Attached to the bottom cross bar 17 of the support 14. are two wire members 18 and 19. The wire member 18 is hooked to the support 14 by means of eyelets 20 formed in one end thereof and forms a substantial rectangle with the cross bar 17. Each side 21 of the wire 18 is indented as at 22 and a cross wire 23 is secured between the indentations 22. Attached to the cross bar 24 at the bottom of wire 18 is another set of wires 25 and 26. Except for the fact that wires 25 and 26 are slightly narrower than wires 18 and 19 they are identical in shape and construction and have a cross wire 27 attached to the opposite sides of the wire 25 at indentations 28 in a similar manner as cross wire 23 is attached to wire 18. The set of wires 18, 19 and 23 in conjunction with the cross bar 17 of the support, act as a support for two pairs of shoes, the heel 29 of the shoe 12 being projected over the cross bar 17, the sole 30 of the shoe resting against the cross wire 23 and the Wire 19 resting on top of the shoe 12, as shown on the drawing, thus holding the shoe in position thereon. In similar manner two more pair of shoes are supported by wires 25, 26 and 2'7 in conjunction with the cross wire 24 of the wire above. Although as shown, the entire shoe holder will hold four pair of shoes, by supporting another set of wires therebelow provision could be made for an additional two pair of shoes and so forth.

A slipper support is attached to the cross bar 31 of the lowermost wire 25. A wire 32 similar in shape and construction to the wires 26 and 19 is attached to the cross bar 31 andthis wire 32 has attached thereto a cloth container 11. As will be seen, the cloth container 11 has a series of tying tapes 33 and 34 attached thereto. Tapes 33 may be tied about cross bar 31 and tapes 34 about wire 32 as shown.

In operation, the wire 19 is raised and the shoe 12 inserted therebelow into the position shown. To place the slipper 13 in position, the wire 32 will be raised a bit allowing the slipper 13 to pass between wire 32 and cross bar 31, and be supported in the slipper holder 11 as shown. As will be observed, this hanger may be hung on a rod in a closet or on a hook anywhere and may be easily transported from place to place in the home without removing the shoes and slippers thereon. When not in use the entire device may be collapsed into a small amount of space no larger than wire 18, inasmuch as the various elements can pivot about each other.

There being no pockets formed in this shoe holder, it will be sanitary and not collect dirt and dust from one pair of shoes to the next. The slipper holder 11 may be easily untied therefrom in order to be washed and then may be replaced thereon, thus providing a simple, neat, collapsible and sanitary shoe and slipper holder.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

l. A shoe holder comprising a supporting means adapted to be suspended on a convenient suspension means, a cross bar forming an integral part of said supporting means, a pair of U bolt shaped depending wire members each hinged on each end of said cross bar, one of said wire members having a cross member aifixed thereto, whereby a shoe may be supported with its heel above said cross bar and its sole between said cross member and the other of said depending wire members.

2. A shoe and slipper holder comprising a wire hanger member, a cross bar on said wire hanger member, a plurality of pairs of depending U-bolt shaped wire members, the upper pair being hinged to said cross bar, a cross member secured intermediate the sides of one member of each of said pairs of U-bo-lt shaped members, the bottom of said latter U-bolt shaped member forming a cross bar for supporting a lower similar pair of Wires whereby a plurality of pairs of shoes may be supported thereby with their heels over the cross bar and their soles between parts of said pairs of depending wire members.

3. A collapsible shoe holder, comprising a wire hanger, a cross bar on said hanger, a pair of wire 

